Del Taco Selects Radiant Systems As Its Technology Partner
Quick service chain's focus on ease of use and reliability led to selection of Aloha and MenuLink software
ATLANTA (Feb. 6, 2006)—The second largest Mexican/American chain in the United States, Del Taco, selected Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS) as its technology provider for more than 250 corporate and franchisee locations. Del Taco’s complete solution includes Aloha Centralized Data Management and Aloha QuickService point-of-sale (POS) running on Radiant P1510 terminals along with the MenuLink back office suite.
Based in California, Del Taco is known for appealing to a broad range of tastes with a strong emphasis on quality and value. With more than 400 restaurants across the country, Del Taco has agreements representing continued rapid growth of an additional 300 franchised restaurants in the next few years. Radiant’s solution is currently installed in nearly 60 corporate and franchisee sites.
“Del Taco prides itself on quality food with exceptional service,“ said Henry Volkman, chief information officer and IT director of Del Taco. “Radiant’s complete solution helps us keep that promise of fast service by being easy to use and consistently reliable. After an extensive evaluation process, we chose Radiant for its ability to provide everything we need – right when we need it.”
“For more than three decades, Del Taco has operated with the utmost quality in mind for its customers,” said Andy Heyman, president of the Radiant Hospitality Division. "We share that philosophy by providing the highest value for quick-service restaurant operators with an emphasis on ease of use and reliability.”
Aloha QuickService POS reduces associate training time, improves order accuracy and provides comprehensive management of key processes from a central location. The Aloha Centralized Data Management solution enables data to be managed from a central location providing the ability to differentiate between corporate-owned and store-owned data. It also eliminates duplicate data entry of POS menu items, promotions, comps, and other data, which decreases the chance for error since the data is entered only once by the central site user, and then sent via the Internet to the store sites. Radiant hardware terminals are designed for harsh retail environments offering investment protection and flexibility through an open architecture.
MenuLink’s .NET technology leverages Microsoft’s Smart Client to provide the restaurant operator with the power of a desktop application combined with the ease of deployment and management typically found in a Web application. With a rich and responsive user interface, it can be deployed over the Web and includes an automatically updated version control feature. MenuLink .Net ensures operators have consistent access to their back office applications regardless of an Internet connection.
About Radiant Systems, Inc.
Radiant Systems enables restaurant operators to increase sales, control operating costs and build customer loyalty through innovative technology solutions including point-of-sale, back office, enterprise reporting, gift card, loyalty programs, hardware and support. Radiant Systems features the easy to use, award-winning suites of Aloha and MenuLink software products coupled with its reliable, industry-proven hardware products. Radiant Systems' hospitality division is a global technology leader with more than 30,000 sites installed in more than 25 countries.
A publicly traded company since 1997, Radiant’s headquarters is in Atlanta with regional offices in Dallas, Memphis, Los Angeles, Prague, London, Singapore and Melbourne. Radiant has more than 900 employees worldwide and has more than 125 certified sales and service providers. Backed by a global infrastructure, Radiant Systems uniquely offers an end-to-end solution with the easiest to use and most reliable software and hardware in the industry.
Founded in 1985, Radiant Systems, Inc. (www.radiantsystems.com) provides innovative store technology for the hospitality, petroleum and convenience retail, specialty retail and entertainment industries with more than 50,000 sites worldwide.
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